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Capitalism

2025

Capitalism

89 seconds to midnight: The cost of lost empathy

Our greatest threat lies not only in nuclear arms or climate collapse but in the death of empathy itself. Unless we confront the four horsemen of exploitation, greed, colonialism and nationalism, nature will deliver the reckoning we refuse to face.
89 seconds to midnight: The cost of lost empathy

2021

Capitalism

The Growth Dilemma

Transcending simplistic assumptions Society is faced with a profound dilemma. To reject growth is to risk economic and social collapse.
The Growth Dilemma
Capitalism

GDP is an impostor, so why are we still using it to measure happiness?

GDP is not a suitable measurement for happiness or welfare. It sucks.
GDP is an impostor, so why are we still using it to measure happiness?
Capitalism

The Doughnut Economy: "humanity to thrive sandwiched between its inner and outer limits"

Over the last few centuries, economics has been dominated by a doctrine of perpetual growth. The prevailing idea was that there were no limits to how much we could exploit the earth and its resources.
The Doughnut Economy: "humanity to thrive sandwiched between its inner and outer limits"
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